vacationer rescued ‘Jack’ the sea turtle from ‘death’s door’ - Freediving in United Arab Emirates. Courses, Certificates and Equipment

Clinton Deane just might have saved Jack the sea turtle’s life. While swimming in the ocean with his kids between 65th Avenue North Friday afternoon, the vacationing Maryland resident noticed a large Loggerhead Sea Turtle floundering as it struggled through the waves. Believing that the turtle likely wasn’t going to survive the situation, Deane ushered …

This Whale Tail Took Grand Prize in the Photo Contest - Freediving in United Arab Emirates. Courses, Certificates and Equipment

Until last year, photographer Reiko Takahashi was working as a semiconductor engineer, escaping the office a few times a year to pursue her longtime passion for marine life, diving, and underwater photography. Then, in early 2018, a last minute trip to snorkel off the coast of Kumejima Island near Okinawa, Japan, brought the photographer face-to-face …

Secret to whale shark hotspots - Freediving in United Arab Emirates. Courses, Certificates and Equipment

A study has uncovered the secret to why endangered whale sharks gather on mass at just a handful of locations around the world. The new insights into the habits of the world’s largest fish will help inform conservation efforts for this mysterious species, say the researchers. Large groups of whale sharks congregate at only around …

100 Women: ‘You are truly free while freediving’ - Freediving in United Arab Emirates. Courses, Certificates and Equipment

Freediving can be a dangerous sport – descending to extreme depths and holding your breath until you resurface. Yet, according to Egypt’s record-breaking freediver Raghda Ezzeldin, as soon as you go underwater, “you forget about everything”. Raghda and Aliaa Hassan, who in 2014 became the first Arab woman to compete and break records, explain why …

Freediving off Hawaii’s big island - Freediving in United Arab Emirates. Courses, Certificates and Equipment

Two minutes and 12 seconds. That’s how long my spearfishing partner had been underwater on one breath. I last saw him descending past 100 feet, toward the 125-foot bottom. I floated on the surface, ostensibly as his safety diver, more realistically just praying that he would ascend out of the abyss. Soon. With each passing …